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Remember what happened at the Alamo

Letter to the Editor

Updated:
04/29/2013 04:52:31 PM EDT

It is almost amusing that in his "Second Amendment" letter to the Editor, Mr. Brunner used the phrase "Remember the Alamo" to imply that pro-gunners would fight, even overthrow, the "government" to keep their firearms. I guess Mr. Brunner was asleep in school when the Alamo was discussed. Those defending the Alamo were overwhelmed, and massacred, by an organized army. (And the Alamo defenders had cannon.)

Which illustrates my earlier opinion; people equipped with small arms, even "assault" rifles, stand no chance against a police SWAT team, much less an organized military force. The recent manhunt in Boston certainly demonstrates that the use of a firearm against police only makes them angry.

I also suggest Mr. Brunner read Section 2 of the vaunted "DC vs. Heller" U.S. Supreme Court decision, written by Conservative Justice Scalia. This section reads, "Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited. It is not a right to keep and carry any weapon whatsoever in any manner whatsoever and for whatever purpose: For example, concealed weapons prohibitions have been upheld under the Amendment or state analogues. The Court's opinion should not be taken to cast doubt on longstanding prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government buildings, or laws imposing conditions and qualifications on the commercial sale of arms." DOUGLAS GITTNEWBERRY TOWNSHIP